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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 02, 1972

Page

6

Dollar Pay Decreases Real Pay Despite Higher Wages

AP Special Correspondent Peter Arnett reports the Tax Foundation finds six year gains in salary did not keep pace with inflation and taxes. A family of four with one worker would see reduced buying power from 1966 to 1972 even with wage increases, due to higher state local and Social Security taxes and rising inflation. The foundation notes a 30 percent salary rise often yields a net decline in purchasing power.

Peter Arnett NEW York (Ap Tax Foundation Elsie Waters

West Virginia May See Three Way Democratic Primary

The May 9 West Virginia presidential primary may feature Wallace entering the race Humphrey likely to file Muskie consider by Saturday. West Virginians for Muskie formed to back delegate candidates supporting Muskie. Archers bagged four deer in the Chignecto Game Sanctuary in 1971 with a 190 pound 15 point buck as the season's largest specimen.

Charleston W.va West Virginia Alabama George C. Wallace Minnesota Hubert H. Humphrey Maine Edmund Muskie Humphrey James Hall Muskie West Halifax Chignecto Nova Scotia

French youth offers help in burglary probe

Fontenay le Comte France AP Joseph Barteau aged 22 expressed desire to become a policeman and offered to aid detectives investigating roughly 50 unsolved burglaries. He was questioned and later charged with the crimes.

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